This iconic New York hotspot is 10. Here’s why it’s still so hard to get into.

It is one of the hardest reservations to secure in the city that never sleeps. Carbone in Greenwich Village is a celebrity favourite – and is still thriving 10 years after opening its Italian-American doors. Shivaune Field takes a seat at the Major Food Group’s renowned restaurant to find out why. This story featured in […]

The Eras Tour review: How Taylor Swift captivated a nation

Australia’s Eras Tour is officially over. Across seven stadium shows, Taylor Swift sold more than 600,000 tickets and dominated headlines throughout the country. So what is the secret sauce that allows entertainment’s golden girl to electrify audiences all over the world? Forbes Australia spoke to Swifties in Sydney and joined the diehard fans at Accor […]

700,000 sickies: Netflix lifts the lid on Australia’s binge-watching culture

Netflix has released new data on Australian viewers and their streaming preferences. Here are the things we value most. Australia’s Netflix obsession at a glance Stranger Things, comedy and sickies. Netflix has surveyed and Aussies have spoken. The streaming platform that brings us the cult series ‘Stranger Things,’ says that 68% of our population has […]

$558 million and counting: Swifties’ bumper boost to Aussie economy

Research from RMIT University values the national economic impact of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour at more than half a billion dollars. Taylor Swift played to the biggest tour crowd of her life this weekend. Not once, but three times. “96,000 people the first night, 96,000 people the second night, 96,000 people tonight. All of that, […]

Leading ladies of the Spider-Verse: How Madame Web’s stars prepared for their Marvel debuts

Typically, Spider-Verse films revolve around the eponymous male superhero. The latest in the comic book series features a leading cast of four women. Here’s how Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, and Isabela Merced prepared for their arachnid roles. “Most superheroes’ powers come from strength and agility. With Madame Web, it’s all psychological,” says SJ Clarkson,  the […]

Inside cinema giant Imax’s billion-dollar year

Sydney’s revitalised Imax theatre has been open three months and is one of the best-performing Imax theatres around the world. In a Forbes Australia exclusive, we sit down with Imax CEO Richard Gelfond in Darling Harbour, to chat about reopening the cinema doors to one of the largest movie screens on earth. “Filmmakers make movies, […]